Your post should be 350-500 words (not including references) and posted by Thursday.
Please post earlier in the week to allow your classmates time to respond.
Use at least one source in each discussion topic, preferably course-assigned texts.
No more than 15% of your overall word count should be direct quotes.
Format your post using APA citation style.
Answer all questions:
1. What is “grand strategy”? How useful are Clausewitz and Sun Tzu for thinking about grand strategy? Why?
2. Some have suggested that technological advances may soon lift the “fog of war” completely, thus invalidating certain of Clausewitz’s most important insights. Do you agree?
3. One of the preferred strategies presented in The Art of War is to disrupt an enemy’s alliances, and Clausewitz argues that an ally can sometimes be the enemy’s center of gravity. How and to what extent do these insights relate to twenty-first century conflicts?
4. How important is balance between ends, ways, and means in achieving strategic success? Provide a historical example to illustrate your answer.
References:
-The art of war , Sunzi,
– On war, Clausewitz, Carl von,
– Strategy, Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir
– Makers of modern strategy: from Machiavelli to the nuclear age
Use of AI is strictly prohibited